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detritivorous, a. Zool.|dɛtrɪˈtɪvərəs|
[ad. G. Detritivor (A. Handlirsch 1929, in C. Schröder Handbuch d. Entomologie II. 38), f. detritus n.: see -ivorous.]
Feeding on detritus.
1931R. N. Chapman Animal Ecol. vii. 160 Handlirsch..indicated 29 categories of food habits of insects:.. 13. Other animal waste, parts of integuments; scales, hair, feathers, wax, silk, etc. (Detritivorous.) 1967Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. V. 542 The rapidly desiccating tidemark biocoenosis..is characterized by detritivorous amphipods, isopods, and insects of the genus Bledius. 1980Nature 31 Jan. 429/1 Some fungi trap and consume detritivorous arthropods.
So deˈtritivore n. [G. Detritivore], a detritivorous organism.
1965B. E. Freeman tr. Vandel's Biospeleol. xix. 328 Most cavernicoles are more or less polyphagous and their dietary categories cannot be distinguished... The term detritivore is the one which best suits the majority of them. 1978Nature 4 May 24/1 Sustainable benthic biomass would increase by at least two orders of magnitude, and, with such a rich resource of detritivores and herbivores, the evolution of benthic predators would quickly follow. 1982J. B. Harborne Introd. Ecol. Biochem. (ed. 2) i. 19 It appears that these sea creatures obtain their arsenic indirectly from the brown kelp via detritivores. |